Translate Anything, Tame Your Desktop, and Dodge the Plex Price Hike

This week you’ll learn to lean on Apple Intelligence to translate almost any text on the fly, lock down and hide sensitive apps on iOS, and finally tame your Desktop by remembering it’s just part of the Finder: flip on Stacks and/or let Hazel do the sorting for you. You’ll dig into why a 4K monitor looks different on your Mac than it does on Windows or Linux, hear how a BenQ display stacks up against a beloved LG, and grab Mirror Mode and BetterDisplay tricks for when you power down an external screen. Cracked your MacBook screen? Hook up an external display to rescue your data, or give that machine new life as a headless server. You’ll also get Siri reminding you the moment you arrive somewhere, and discover why your robot vacuum deserves an annual reset.

Then it’s your questions: whether you actually need a Plex Pass, and how to not get caught off guard when the lifetime price leaps to $749.99 on July 1st! Plus how to wrangle your @mac.com, @me.com, and @icloud.com addresses and confirm a cable is truly PD-qualified before you trust it.

Cool Stuff Found rounds things out with a color-screen USB cable tester, single-purpose apps that nail one job, agentic coding adventures, a Logitech Combo Touch case for your iPad Pro, and Mole’s brand-new macOS app. And when your Mac finally screams that it’s out of space? You’ll know exactly what to do. Don’t Get Caught missing it.

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1144 for Monday, June 1st, 2026
- June 1st: Flip a Coin Day
- MGG Monthly Giveaway – Win a license to SaneBox
Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Clif-QT-Use Apple Intelligence to translate (almost) any text
- 00:03:33 Pilot Pete-QT-iOS Secure Apps & Hide Apps iOS
  - Mac Geek Gab YouTube Channel Shorts
- 00:05:41 Ben-QT-Reminder that the Desktop is part of the Finder
- 00:06:33 Using Stacks on the Desktop
  - Finder, move to Desktop, then View > Use Stacks
  - Use Hazel to keep your Desktop, Downloads, and more organized
- 00:12:39 Albert-QT-Why a 4K Monitor is Different on Mac vs. Windows/Linux
- 00:16:01 BenQ MA270UP 27” 4K Display looks (to Dave) as good as his former LG Display
- 00:20:04 Drewski-QT-Mirror Mode helps when powering off a connected external monitor
  - BetterDisplay
  - LG 27UP850K-W 27-inch Ultrafine 4K UHD that Adam uses
- 00:23:55 What to do when your MacBook screen is broken?
  - PrismCast
- 00:27:11 Pilot Pete-QT-Ask Siri to Remind you to do something when you arrive at a location
- 00:29:31 Dave-WWDC week vs. a Red Barchetta
  - Nerdtacular
- 00:32:34 Dave-QT-Reset all your robot vacuum once a year
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MGG Reviews
- 00:39:11 Jeff Murphy-MGG Review-Favorite podcast for when I’m mowing the lawn
- 00:39:45 NYCSteph18-MGG Review-True! At least five new things learned every week
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:40:56 Brian-Do I need a Plex Pass?
- 00:42:34 Lifetime Plex Pass jumping to $749.99 on July 1st
- 00:46:19 Kirit-How best to manage @mac.com @me.com and @icloud.com addresses?
- 00:53:32 Brian-How can I tell if my cable is PD Qualified?
  - Search UL Database
  - Search USB.org certified database
  - Describe what you have and ask your favorite LLM to do the legwork
Cool Stuff Found
- 00:57:57 Tom-CSF-1143-Treedix USB Cable Tester with Color Screen – $49
- 01:00:27 Dave-CSF-MacPaw one-use-case apps
- 01:05:33 Agentic Coding with Claude Code and more
- 01:08:15 Pilot Pete-CSF-Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard Case for iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, M5)
- 01:11:49 Dave-CSF-Mole now has a macOS GUI App
01:13:34 I ran out of space on my Mac!
01:14:43 MGG 1144 Outtro
- MGG Monthly Giveaway
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was (for Aviation Enthusiasts)
- The Debut Film Podcast – Adam’s new podcast!
- Dave’s Business Brain (for Entrepreneurs) and Gig Gab (for Working Musicians) Podcasts
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab iOS app
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- [email protected]
- 224-888-GEEK
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